Atilla Şendil

Atilla Şendil — Biography

Atilla Şendil (Ali Atilla Şendil) is a Turkish performer who has combined stage, television, film and voice work. Wide audiences know him as Fikret in Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz and as the grandfather Memduh in Masumlar Apartmanı; in the 2026 film Sonunda Sen he plays Suavi.

His foundation is the state theatres. He graduated from the Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory in 1987 and the same year became a salaried artist at the Trabzon State Theatre. From the 1991-1992 season he acted and directed at the Istanbul State Theatre, and in the 2018-2019 season he served as its director. He was also among the founding staff of the conservatories at Haliç and Okan universities. His screen work began with Baba Evi in 1997, followed by Kurtlar Vadisi, OKS Anneleri, Sen de Gitme, Leyla ile Mecnun, Vicdan and Güllerin Savaşı. He is also a voice artist, dubbing numerous foreign productions, including Mr. Krabs in SüngerBob KareŞort, and Remzi in Kral Şakir.

More recently he played Halil İbrahim in Gülcemal and appeared in the films Dabbe and ANKA; in 2025 he was also reported on stage in a theatre adaptation of Agatha Christie's Doğu Ekspresinde Cinayet.